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14 News & Topics December 2022 | World and Press Antigua and Barbuda set to vote on ditching monarchy HEAD OF STATE Having a head of state from their country ‘is an aspiration of most of the people of Antigua and Barbuda’, according to the prime minister. mit -Vokabeltrainer By Alistair Dawber and Charlotte Wace 1 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA will hold a referendum within the next three years on becoming a republic, the country’s prime minister has said. Gaston Browne made the announcement moments after having declared Charles as King of the Caribbean nation. It is one of 14 countries that maintains the monarch as its head of state. 2 “This is not an act of hostility or any difference between Antigua and Barbuda and the monarchy, but it is the final step to complete that circle of independence, to ensure that we are truly a sovereign nation,” Browne told ITV News. He said that he envisaged a vote happening within the next three years. Die Nr.1 unter den Vokabeltrainern. King Charles III and Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda meet at Buckingham Palace in September 2022. | Photo: Picture Alliance/AP 3 Browne later insisted that his words were not linked to the former Prince of Wales becoming King following the death of the Queen. “The question was put to me about republicanism, and I did not dodge it,” he told ‘The Times’. “I said, yes, we have already announced several years ago our intention to turn into a republic.” 4 Having a head of state from their country “is an aspiration of most of the people of Antigua and Barbuda and something that we are trying to deliver”, Browne continued. “I don’t think it is an offensive position or disrespectful to anyone. It’s an ongoing discussion about countries moving away from the monarchy and becoming republics. This is a very relevant discussion within the Caribbean at this point. I believe that now the Queen has passed that countries are reflecting in terms of how soon they transition.” … 5 Antigua was colonised by Britain in 1632 and gained independence as Antigua and Barbuda in 1981 when the Queen was named head of state. Browne said in a statement following the Queen’s death on Thursday: “Her Majesty’s life personified the simplest of qualities: tolerance and decency. Her ability to inspire and unite has been one of the many remarkable features of her life which we all admire.” 6 A number of Caribbean nations have indicated that they may cut ties with the UK and become republics. A minister from Belize said now may be the time to “take the next step in truly owning our independence”. In January, the Jamaican prime minister, Andrew Holness, told the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – now the Prince and Princess of Wales – that he wished the country to seek independence. Speaking at the end of an eight-day Caribbean tour to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Prince William admitted the issue “is for the people to decide upon”. … © The Times, London/News Licensing This article originally appeared in The Times, London. Get the vocabulary trainer! 0 – 2 TO BE set to do tun werden — to ditch (coll) abschaffen — aspiration “ÆœspI"reIS´n‘ Wunsch — Caribbean “ÆkœrI"bi…´n‘ Karibik(-) — to maintain beibehalten — hostility “hÅs"tIl´ti‘ Feindseligkeit — difference Konflikt — sovereign “"sÅv´rIn‘ souverän — to envisage “In"vIzIdZ‘ s. vorstellen 3 – 4 about republicanism “rI"pøblIk´nIz´m‘ h.: ob das Land e-e Republik wird — to dodge ausweichen — to deliver verwirklichen — offensive “´"fensIv‘ beleidigend — disrespectful respektlos — ongoing “"-Æ--‘ anhaltend — to pass h.: versterben — to reflect nachdenken — to transition “trœn"zIS´n‘ e-n Übergang vollziehen 5 – 6 to personify “p´"sÅnIfaI‘ verkörpern — quality Eigenschaft — decency “"di…s´nsi‘ Anstand — to unite vereinen — remarkable “rI"mA…k´b´l‘ bemerkenswert — to cut ties die Verbindungen abbrechen — truly wirklich — to own one’s independence h.: sein eigener Herr sein — to mark anlässlich — Platinum Jubilee “"plœtIn´m "dZu…bIli…‘ 70-jähriges Thronjubiläum www.phase6.de/wp/2422 Modi to reintroduce cheetahs to India after extinction in 1950s WILDLIFE The eight cheetahs have been flown in from Namibia. mit Die Nr.1 unter den Vokabeltrainern. -Vokabeltrainer By Bibhudatta Pradhan 1 PRIME MINISTERNarendra Modi will celebrate his birthday by releasing Namibian cheetahs into the wild in central India to burnish his conservationist credentials over an animal made extinct by colonial hunters and shrinking grasslands. 2 Since becoming prime minister in 2014, Modi’s birthdays have become yet another platform to help magnify his popularity. His supporters have screened films made about his life, held vaccination drives during the pandemic, and launched a mobile app to help people communicate directly with him. This time around, Modi, who turns 72 on Saturday, will release the eight cheetahs flown in from Namibia into a special enclosure in the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh State. The sedated big cats will then be kept in quarantine for a month. 3 Cheetahs went extinct two years after Modi was born, and their reintroduction in India is the A young African cheetah. | Photo: Gareth Webb/Pixabay culmination of decades-long efforts by successive governments. “The reintroduction of cheetah in India is a step towards correcting an ecological wrong,” Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said in a tweet. 4 While the cheetahs that went extinct in India are a different subspecies from those found in Africa, their function as top predators within the ecosystems in which they live is likely to be identical, the University of Pretoria, which is assisting with the reintroduction program, has said in a statement. More cheetahs are set to be brought to India in the next five years. 5 The mission is not without its risks. The African cheetahs will find Indian reserves challenging due to a lack of suitable habitat of sufficient size. They will also face risks from other predators, in- Die Nr.1 unter den Vokabeltrainern. cluding feral and domestic dogs, said Ravi Chellam, a wildlife biologist and conservation scientist based in the southern city of Bengaluru. “India currently just does not have sufficient habitats for establishing a free-ranging population of cheetahs,” Chellam said. “Introduction of African cheetahs is not a national conservation priority; the risk is not worth taking.” 6 Project Cheetah follows other conservation projects meant to increase the population of critically important species like tigers, lions, and elephants. Modi has often taken center stage in these campaigns, even appearing on a television show with British adventurer Bear Grylls in 2019 to talk about climate change. … © 2022 Bloomberg L.P. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 0 – 1 TO REINTRODUCE “Æri…Intr´"dju…s‘ wiederansiedeln; s.w.u. reintroduction Wiederansiedlung — cheetah “"tSi…t´‘ Gepard — extinction “Ik"stINkS´n‘ Aussterben; s.w.u. to make extinct ausrotten — to release into the wild auswildern — to burnish one’s conservationist credentials “"b‰…nIS; krI"denS´l‘ seinen Ruf als Naturschützer(in) aufpolieren 2 – 3 platform Möglichkeit — to magnify “"mœgnIfaI‘ steigern — to screen zeigen — vaccination drive “ÆvœksI"neIS´n‘ Impfkampagne — this time around diesmal — enclosure “In"kl´UZ´‘ Gehege — sedated “sI"deItId‘ sediert — quarantine “"kwÅr´nti…n‘ Quarantäne — culmination “ÆkølmI"neIS´n‘ Höhepunkt — successive “s´k"sesIv‘ aufeinanderfolgend 4 – 6 subspecies “"søbÆspi…Si…z‘ Unterart — top predator “"pred´t´‘ Spitzenprädator (p. Raubtier) — to be set to do tun sollen — reserve Schutzgebiet — habitat Lebensraum — feral dog “"fer´l‘ Straßenhund (f. verwildert) — domestic dog Haushund — wildlife biologist Wildbiologe(-in) — conservation scientist Naturschutzforscher(in) — free-ranging frei laufend — critically important von entscheidender Bedeutung — to take center stage (fig) im Mittelpunkt stehen

World and Press | December 2022 Literature 15 By John Bilstein 1 FOR THOSE who really want to know what the Nazi regime did to ordinary folks in Germany, this may just be the best account to go by. It neither glorifies nor vilifies the actions of normal Germans caught up in Hitler’s machinations, but simply tells the story of a German family of artists faced with the horrors of the NS system. 2 Giles Milton is a well-known British writer and historian. This book is a biographical tribute to his German father-in-law, Wolfram Aïchele, who had wanted nothing more out of life than to practice fine art. The son of a renowned animal painter, Wolfram grew up in the idyllic village of Eutingen near Pforzheim in Swabia during the run-up to World War II. 3 The Aïcheles loved German history and culture, but theirs was a cosmopolitan outlook. They were proud of being German in the tradition of Goethe, Schiller, Beethoven, and Schumann. Like millions of other open-minded book world ‘Wolfram’ by Giles Milton ited lifestyles so as to avoid persecution. 5 Repression soon resulted in the kind of self-censorship that slowly destroys liberal thought. Worse still: the decree to actively participate in Hitler’s schemes. All households had to fly the swastika on certain occasions and were expected to have at least one picture of Hitler prominently on display in the home. 6 However, there were subtle ways of undermining the regime. One of the Aïcheles’ more subversive ideas involved tarring the flagpole in their garden a couple of hours before being ordered to hoist the swastika. It soon wrapped itself around the pole and remained stuck there until the end of the war. 7 Yet there was no way of getting around conscription. Wolfram, who was by then training to become a wood carver, had suddenly to fight for a cause he did not believe in. 8 He nearly died of dysentery in Ukraine, then served in France as a wireless operator, and narrowly escaped death during the Allied invasion. Wolfram availed of the first opportunity to hand himself in to the Americans and was then sent to the USA as a POW until he was allowed to return to Europe in June of 1946. 9 Once he got home, he was confronted with the ruins of Pforzheim that had been totally destroyed following an RAF air raid. Wolfram was very glad to find that his immediate family had survived unscathed. 10 Compared to millions of others, Wolfram had been lucky, due in no small part to the selflessness of those who had helped him during the war. It is soothing to note that even at Europe’s darkest hour, the light of human kindness burned on. 11 The doctor who treated Wolfram during his long and completely debilitating illness never failed to write long letters to his patient’s distressed parents. A French farmer fed Wolfram and his friends when he might just as easily have murdered them. A Turkmen soldier left Wolfram his blanket on a frosty night – all these examples of altruism amid sheer abomination proved that all was not lost. 12 In Wolfram’s case, of course, hope and salvation were to be found in art, and he went on to become one of the leading paint- people throughout the country, they embraced both cultural continuity and evolution. They appreciated the craftsmanship of old just as much as they admired the flamboyance of the 1920s. 4 Then came the Third Reich. From one day to the next, the liberties of the Weimar Republic had disappeared. Before long, the Aïcheles and their friends found themselves in the Nazis’ sights and had to adjust their free-spirers of his generation. Had it not been for his beliefs and his calling, life in the Third Reich might have broken him. © 2022 World and Press ‘Wolfram: The Boy Who Went to War’ by Giles Milton, 335 pages, is published by Hachette, ISBN 978-0340840832. A2 – B2 Getting to know Ireland and Scotland! Extra: Ireland and Scotland ¤ 21,90 [D] ISBN 978-3-7961-1074-0 www.sprachzeitungen.de 0 – 3 TO GLORIFY“"glO…rIfaI‘ verherrlichen — to vilify “"vIlIfaI‘ herabwürdigen — machinations “ÆmœSI"neIS´nz‘ Machenschaften — historian Historiker(in) — fine art bildende Kunst — renowned “rI"naUnd‘ bekannt — Swabia Schwaben — during the run-up vor — outlook Sichtweise — to embrace s.th. s. für etw. begeistern — craftsmanship Handwerkskunst — flamboyance “Æflœm"bOI´ns‘ Extravaganz 4 – 5 to be in s.o.’s sights in jds. Visier geraten — persecution “Æp‰…s´"kju…S´n‘ Verfolgung — repression Unterdrückung — selfcensorship Selbstzensur — decree Anordnung — schemes “ski…mz‘ Pläne — to fly the swastika die Hakenkreuzfahne hissen — prominently deutlich sichtbar 6 – 7 subtle “"søt´l‘ subtil — to undermine unterwandern — subversive “s´b"v‰…sIv‘ — to tar teeren — to hoist hissen — conscription “k´n"skrIpS´n‘ Wehrpflicht — wood carver Holzschnitzer(in) 8 – 9 dysentery “dI"sent´ri‘ Ruhr — wireless operator “"Åp´reIt´‘ Funker(in) — to avail of s.th. “´"veIl‘ etw. nutzen — to hand o.s. in s. ergeben — POW = prisoner of war Kriegsgefangene(r) — RAF = Royal Air Force — unscathed “øn"skeIDd‘ unversehrt 10 – 12 due in no small part to nicht zuletzt wegen — soothing “"su…DIN‘ beruhigend — debilitating “dI"bIlIteItIN‘ kräftezehrend — distressed verzweifelt — Turkmen “"t‰…km´n‘ turkmenisch — amid “´"mId‘ inmitten — abomination Gräuel — salvation Rettung — had it not been for … ohne … — calling Berufung; Leidenschaft crossword puzzle | By Katrin Günther All the words are in the articles on pages 14 and 15. Solution on page 24. Across Down 1 2 3 4 5 2 In a row (Cheetahs) 7 Well-known (Book world) 8 Causing offence (Antigua and Barbuda) 10 Animosity (Antigua and Barbuda) 13 Unusual or special (Antigua and Barbuda) 1 To speak badly of s.o. (Book world) 3 To join together as a group (Antigua and Barbuda) 4 Enjoying independence (Antigua and Barbuda) 5 Sanctuary; park (Cheetahs) 6 Worried; upset (Book world) 8 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 Dying out (Cheetahs) 9 Showiness (Book world) 15 18 To boost; to enlarge (Cheetahs) 19 An area surrounded by fences (Cheetahs) 20 To think carefully (Antigua and Barbuda) 11 The use of force and/or violence to control others (Book world) 12 To continue to have (Antigua and Barbuda) 14 To polish (Cheetahs) 16 17 18 15 To praise; to celebrate (Book world) 19 16 Unharmed (Book world) 20

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